Bird families · Columbiformes
Pigeons, Doves
Columbidae · 353 species
Pigeons, Doves (Columbidae) is a family of 353 bird species in the order Columbiformes. They live mostly in forest, woodland, shrubland habitats. The smallest is the Moreno's Ground Dove and the largest the Victoria Crowned Pigeon.
- Adamawa Turtle Dove Streptopelia hypopyrrha
- Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia amboinensis
- Amethyst Brown Dove Phapitreron amethystinus
- Andaman Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia rufipennis
- Andaman Green Pigeon Treron chloropterus
- Andaman Wood Pigeon Columba palumboides
- Ashy Wood Pigeon Columba pulchricollis
- Ashy-headed Green Pigeon Treron phayrei
- Atoll Fruit Dove Ptilinopus coralensis
- Azuero Dove Leptotila battyi
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Banded Fruit Dove Ptilinopus cinctus
- Banggai Fruit Dove Ramphiculus subgularis
- Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis
- Bar-tailed Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia nigrirostris
- Bare-eyed Pigeon Patagioenas corensis
- Bare-faced Ground Dove Metriopelia ceciliae
- Barking Imperial Pigeon Ducula latrans
- Barred Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia unchall
- Barred Dove Geopelia maugeus
- Beautiful Fruit Dove Ptilinopus pulchellus
- Black Cuckoo-Dove Turacoena modesta
- Black Imperial Pigeon Ducula melanochroa
- Black Wood Pigeon Columba janthina
- Black-banded Fruit Dove Ptilinopus alligator
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Black-chinned Fruit Dove Ramphiculus leclancheri
- Black-naped Fruit Dove Ptilinopus melanospilus
- Black-naped Pheasant-pigeon Otidiphaps insularis
- Black-winged Ground Dove Metriopelia melanoptera
- Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
- Blue-capped Fruit Dove Ptilinopus monacha
- Blue-eyed Ground Dove Columbina cyanopis
- Blue-headed Quail-Dove Starnoenas cyanocephala
- Blue-headed Wood Dove Turtur brehmeri
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Bolle's Pigeon Columba bollii
- Bridled Quail-Dove Geotrygon mystacea
- Bronze Ground Dove Alopecoenas beccarii
- Brown Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia phasianella
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Brush Bronzewing Phaps elegans
- Buff-eared Brown-dove Phapitreron nigrorum
- Buff-fronted Quail-Dove Zentrygon costaricensis
- Burmese Collared Dove Streptopelia xanthocycla
- Buru Green Pigeon Treron aromaticus
- Buru Mountain Pigeon Gymnophaps mada
- Cameroon Olive Pigeon Columba sjostedti
- Caribbean Dove Leptotila jamaicensis
- Carunculated Fruit Dove Ptilinopus granulifrons
- Cebu Brown-dove Phapitreron frontalis
- Chatham Islands Pigeon Hemiphaga chathamensis
- Chestnut-bellied Imperial Pigeon Ducula brenchleyi
- Chestnut-quilled Rock Pigeon Petrophassa rufipennis
- Chilean Pigeon Patagioenas araucana
- Chiriqui Quail-Dove Zentrygon chiriquensis
- Christmas Imperial Pigeon Ducula whartoni
- Cinnamon Ground Dove Gallicolumba rufigula
- Cinnamon-bellied Imperial Pigeon Ducula basilica
- Cinnamon-headed Green Pigeon Treron fulvicollis
- Claret-breasted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus viridis
- Cloven-feathered Dove Drepanoptila holosericea
- Collared Imperial Pigeon Ducula mullerii
- Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Comoro Blue Pigeon Alectroenas sganzini
- Comoro Green Pigeon Treron griveaudi
- Comoro Olive Pigeon Columba pollenii
- Coroneted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus coronulatus
- Cream-breasted Fruit Dove Ramphiculus merrilli
- Crested Cuckoo-Dove Reinwardtoena crassirostris
- Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
- Crested Quail-Dove Geotrygon versicolor
- Crimson-crowned Fruit Dove Ptilinopus porphyraceus
- Croaking Ground Dove Columbina cruziana
- Dark-backed Imperial Pigeon Ducula lacernulata
- Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata
- Ducula salvadorii Ducula salvadorii
- Dusky Pigeon Patagioenas goodsoni
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Dwarf Fruit Dove Ptilinopus nainus
- Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
- Eastern Bronze Ground Dove Alopecoenas johannae
- Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba delegorguei
- Eastern Ornate Fruit-dove Ptilinopus gestroi
- Ecuadorian Ground Dove Columbina buckleyi
- Elegant Imperial Pigeon Ducula concinna
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Enggano Imperial Pigeon Ducula oenothorax
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
- Finsch's Imperial Pigeon Ducula finschii
- Flame-breasted Fruit Dove Ramphiculus marchei
- Flock Bronzewing Phaps histrionica
- Flores Green Pigeon Treron floris
- Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia macassariensis
- Galapagos Dove Zenaida galapagoensis
- Geelvink Fruit Dove Ptilinopus speciosus
- Geelvink Imperial Pigeon Ducula geelvinkiana
- Golden Dove Chrysoena luteovirens
- Golden-spotted Ground Dove Metriopelia aymara
- Goliath Imperial Pigeon Ducula goliath
- Great Cuckoo-Dove Reinwardtoena reinwardti
- Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
- Grenada Dove Leptotila wellsi
- Grey Imperial Pigeon Ducula pickeringii
- Grey-breasted Brown-dove Phapitreron maculipectus
- Grey-breasted Green-pigeon Treron delalandii
- Grey-cheeked Green Pigeon Treron griseicauda
- Grey-chested Dove Leptotila cassinii
- Grey-fronted Dove Leptotila rufaxilla
- Grey-fronted Green Pigeon Treron affinis
- Grey-fronted Quail-Dove Geotrygon caniceps
- Grey-green Fruit Dove Ptilinopus purpuratus
- Grey-headed Dove Leptotila plumbeiceps
- Grey-headed Fruit Dove Ptilinopus hyogastrus
- Grey-headed Imperial Pigeon Ducula radiata
- Grey-naped Pheasant-pigeon Otidiphaps cervicalis
- Henderson Fruit Dove Ptilinopus insularis
- Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Island Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba malherbii
- Island Imperial Pigeon Ducula pistrinaria
- Jambu Fruit Dove Ramphiculus jambu
- Key West Quail-Dove Geotrygon chrysia
- Knob-billed Fruit Dove Ptilinopus insolitus
- Kosrae Fruit Dove Ptilinopus hernsheimi
- Large Green Pigeon Treron capellei
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Laurel Pigeon Columba junoniae
- Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
- Lilac-crowned Fruit Dove Ptilinopus rarotongensis
- Lined Quail-Dove Zentrygon linearis
- Little Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia ruficeps
- Little Green Pigeon Treron olax
- Long-tailed Ground Dove Uropelia campestris
- Luzon Bleeding-heart Gallicolumba luzonica
- Madagascar Blue Pigeon Alectroenas madagascariensis
- Madagascar Green Pigeon Treron australis
- Makatea Fruit Dove Ptilinopus chalcurus
- Malabar Imperial Pigeon Ducula cuprea
- Malagasy Turtle Dove Nesoenas picturatus
- Many-colored Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perousii
- Maranon Pigeon Patagioenas oenops
- Mariana Fruit Dove Ptilinopus roseicapilla
- Maroon-chested Ground Dove Paraclaravis mondetoura
- Marquesan Ground Dove Alopecoenas rubescens
- Metallic Pigeon Columba vitiensis
- Micronesian Imperial Pigeon Ducula oceanica
- Mindanao Bleeding-heart Gallicolumba crinigera
- Mindanao Brown Dove Phapitreron brunneiceps
- Mindoro Bleeding-heart Gallicolumba platenae
- Mindoro Imperial Pigeon Ducula mindorensis
- Moreno's Ground Dove Metriopelia morenoi
- Mountain Imperial Pigeon Ducula badia
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Negros Bleeding-heart Gallicolumba keayi
- Negros Fruit Dove Ptilinopus arcanus
- New Britain Bronzewing Henicophaps foersteri
- New Guinea Bronzewing Henicophaps albifrons
- New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
- Nicobar Pigeon Caloenas nicobarica
- Nilgiri Wood Pigeon Columba elphinstonii
- Nuku Hiva Imperial Pigeon Ducula galeata
- Oberholser's Fruit Dove Ramphiculus epius
- Ochre-bellied Dove Leptotila ochraceiventris
- Olive-backed Quail-Dove Leptotrygon veraguensis
- Orange Dove Chrysoena victor
- Orange-bellied Fruit Dove Ptilinopus iozonus
- Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicinctus
- Orange-fronted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus aurantiifrons
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Ornate Fruit Dove Ptilinopus ornatus
- Pacific Emerald Dove Chalcophaps longirostris
- Pacific Imperial Pigeon Ducula pacifica
- Palau Fruit Dove Ptilinopus pelewensis
- Palau Ground Dove Alopecoenas canifrons
- Pale Mountain Pigeon Gymnophaps solomonensis
- Pale-capped Pigeon Columba punicea
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Pallid Dove Leptotila pallida
- Papuan Mountain Pigeon Gymnophaps albertisii
- Partridge Pigeon Geophaps smithii
- Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida
- Pemba Green Pigeon Treron pembaensis
- Pheasant Pigeon Otidiphaps nobilis
- Philippine Collared Dove Streptopelia dusumieri
- Philippine Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia tenuirostris
- Philippine Green Pigeon Treron axillaris
- Picazuro Pigeon Patagioenas picazuro
- Picui Ground Dove Columbina picui
- Pied Cuckoo-Dove Reinwardtoena browni
- Pied Imperial Pigeon Ducula bicolor
- Pin-tailed Green Pigeon Treron apicauda
- Pink Pigeon Nesoenas mayeri
- Pink-bellied Imperial Pigeon Ducula poliocephala
- Pink-headed Fruit Dove Ptilinopus porphyreus
- Pink-headed Imperial Pigeon Ducula rosacea
- Pink-necked Green Pigeon Treron vernans
- Pink-spotted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perlatus
- Pinon's Imperial Pigeon Ducula pinon
- Plain Pigeon Patagioenas inornata
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta
- Plumbeous Pigeon Patagioenas plumbea
- Polynesian Ground Dove Alopecoenas erythropterus
- Polynesian Imperial Pigeon Ducula aurorae
- Purple Quail-Dove Geotrygon purpurata
- Purple-capped Fruit Dove Ptilinopus ponapensis
- Purple-tailed Imperial Pigeon Ducula rufigaster
- Purple-winged Ground Dove Paraclaravis geoffroyi
- Purplish-backed Quail-Dove Zentrygon lawrencii
- Raiatea Fruit Dove Ptilinopus chrysogaster
- Ramphiculus meridionalis Ramphiculus meridionalis
- Rapa Fruit Dove Ptilinopus huttoni
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Red-bellied Fruit Dove Ptilinopus greyi
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Red-eared Fruit Dove Ramphiculus fischeri
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Red-knobbed Imperial Pigeon Ducula rubricera
- Red-naped Fruit Dove Ptilinopus dohertyi
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Ring-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas caribaea
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Rose-crowned Fruit Dove Ptilinopus regina
- Ruddy Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia emiliana
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Ruddy Pigeon Patagioenas subvinacea
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- Rufescent Imperial Pigeon Ducula chalconota
- Russet-crowned Quail-Dove Zentrygon goldmani
- Rusty Imperial-pigeon Ducula obiensis
- Ryukyu Green Pigeon Treron permagnus
- Samoan Fruit-dove Ptilinopus fasciatus
- Santa Cruz Ground Dove Alopecoenas sanctaecrucis
- Sao Tome Green Pigeon Treron sanctithomae
- Sao Tome Olive Pigeon Columba thomensis
- Sapphire Quail-Dove Geotrygon saphirina
- Scaled Dove Columbina squammata
- Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa
- Scaly-naped Pigeon Patagioenas squamosa
- Scarlet-breasted Fruit Dove Megaloprepia formosa
- Scheepmaker's Crowned Pigeon Goura scheepmakeri
- Sclater's Crowned Pigeon Goura sclaterii
- Seram Imperial Pigeon Ducula neglecta
- Seram Mountain Pigeon Gymnophaps stalkeri
- Seychelles Blue Pigeon Alectroenas pulcherrimus
- Short-billed Brown-dove Phapitreron brevirostris
- Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris
- Shy Ground Dove Alopecoenas stairi
- Silver-capped Fruit Dove Ptilinopus richardsii
- Silver-tipped Imperial Pigeon Ducula luctuosa
- Silvery Pigeon Columba argentina
- Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota
- Socorro Dove Zenaida graysoni
- Somali Pigeon Columba oliviae
- Sombre Pigeon Cryptophaps poecilorrhoa
- Southern Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas albilinea
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Speckled Wood Pigeon Columba hodgsonii
- Spectacled Imperial Pigeon Ducula perspicillata
- Spice Imperial Pigeon Ducula myristicivora
- Spilopelia suratensis Spilopelia suratensis
- Spinifex Pigeon Geophaps plumifera
- Spot-breasted Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia mackinlayi
- Spot-winged Pigeon Patagioenas maculosa
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Spotted Imperial Pigeon Ducula carola
- Squatter Pigeon Geophaps scripta
- Sri Lanka Green Pigeon Treron pompadora
- Sri Lanka Wood Pigeon Columba torringtoniae
- Stephan's Emerald Dove Chalcophaps stephani
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Sula Cuckoo-Dove Turacoena sulaensis
- Sula Fruit Dove Ramphiculus mangoliensis
- Sulawesi Ground Dove Gallicolumba tristigmata
- Sulu Bleeding-heart Gallicolumba menagei
- Sumatran Green Pigeon Treron oxyurus
- Sumba Green Pigeon Treron teysmannii
- Sunda Collared Dove Streptopelia bitorquata
- Superb Fruit Dove Ptilinopus superbus
- Taiwan Green Pigeon Treron formosae
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Tanimbar Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia timorlaoensis
- Tanna Fruit Dove Ptilinopus tannensis
- Tawitawi Brown Dove Phapitreron cinereiceps
- Thick-billed Green Pigeon Treron curvirostra
- Thick-billed Ground Pigeon Trugon terrestris
- Timor Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia magna
- Timor Green Pigeon Treron psittaceus
- Timor Imperial Pigeon Ducula cineracea
- Tolima Dove Leptotila conoveri
- Tooth-billed Pigeon Didunculus strigirostris
- Topknot Pigeon Lopholaimus antarcticus
- Torresian Imperial Pigeon Ducula spilorrhoa
- Trocaz Pigeon Columba trocaz
- Tuxtla Quail-Dove Zentrygon carrikeri
- Vanuatu Imperial Pigeon Ducula bakeri
- Victoria Crowned Pigeon Goura victoria
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Violaceous Quail-Dove Geotrygon violacea
- Wallace's Fruit Dove Ptilinopus wallacii
- Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon Treron sphenurus
- West Peruvian Dove Zenaida meloda
- Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques
- Western Crowned Pigeon Goura cristata
- Western Superb Fruit-dove Ptilinopus temminckii
- Wetar Ground Dove Alopecoenas hoedtii
- Whistling Dove Chrysoena viridis
- White-bellied Green Pigeon Treron sieboldii
- White-bellied Imperial Pigeon Ducula forsteni
- White-bibbed Fruit Dove Ptilinopus rivoli
- White-breasted Ground Dove Alopecoenas jobiensis
- White-capped Fruit Dove Ptilinopus dupetithouarsii
- White-collared Pigeon Columba albitorques
- White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
- White-eared Brown Dove Phapitreron leucotis
- White-faced Cuckoo-Dove Turacoena manadensis
- White-faced Quail-Dove Zentrygon albifacies
- White-fronted Ground Dove Alopecoenas kubaryi
- White-fronted Quail-Dove Geotrygon leucometopia
- White-headed Fruit Dove Ptilinopus eugeniae
- White-headed Pigeon Columba leucomela
- White-naped Pheasant-pigeon Otidiphaps aruensis
- White-naped Pigeon Columba albinucha
- White-quilled Rock Pigeon Petrophassa albipennis
- White-throated Ground Dove Alopecoenas xanthonurus
- White-throated Quail-Dove Zentrygon frenata
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- White-winged Collared Dove Streptopelia reichenowi
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- White-winged Pigeon Patagioenas albipennis
- Wompoo Fruit Dove Megaloprepia magnifica
- Wonga Pigeon Leucosarcia melanoleuca
- Yellow-bibbed Fruit Dove Ptilinopus solomonensis
- Yellow-breasted Fruit Dove Ramphiculus occipitalis
- Yellow-eyed Pigeon Columba eversmanni
- Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus
- Yellow-legged Pigeon Columba pallidiceps
- Yellow-vented Green Pigeon Treron seimundi
- Yellowish Imperial Pigeon Ducula subflavescens
- Yungas Dove Leptotila megalura
- Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
- Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita
- Zoe's Imperial Pigeon Ducula zoeae